Perihelion - 2016 Global Game Jam

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The Ohio University Game Developer's Association participates in the Global Game Jam every year. This year, I participated on the 3D team and we created perihelion. Perihelion is the name for the day when the Earth was closets to the sun. Our game is about a character that wakes up and is called upon by their gods. They tell him that the sun will destroy the Earth at midday and the player must act quickly to secure the fate of the world. The player will travel the surrounding desert exploring the different lands and temples to recover relics needed to complete the ritual of three.

​The game was a great success and we were able to complete it by the deadline. This was a huge success for us because it was a game on a massive scale for being completed in just 48 hours. Our design for the game started as being a character walking around a desert to recover stolen relics under time pressure. We eventually settled on three temples that the player would travel too and solve puzzles to obtain the relics.